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A number of industry regulators have urged the Law Reform Commission to recommend giving them powers to levy administrative fines without going through the courts, The Irish Times reports. Their letter also criticised the maximum fines for serious regulatory breaches, which they said were too weak t

Betty Purcell The appointment of seven new commissioners at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been delayed by a challenge to the process, The Irish Times reports.

Ahead of the second reading of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in the Upper House, the House of Lords Constitution Committee is calling on the UK government to amend the bill. The committee’s report, published today, states that legislation is necessary to ensure legal continuity and certaint

Alison Saunders All current rape and sexual assault cases in England and Wales are under review by the Crown Prosecution Service following a series of failures to disclose evidence, The Times reports.

Solicitors at Ronan Daly Jermyn have visited the construction site of a €90 million office development on Albert Quay in Cork.

Kevin McVeigh A partner at Elliott Duffy Garrett Solicitors in Belfast is running the London Marathon to raise cash for the Cancer Fund for Children.

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing over €460K when she took over the running of her ill husband’s business in 2010, has been successful in an appeal against the severity of her sentence. Suspending the final 6 months of the 18-month sentence, Justice Birmingham said that the powerful mitigat

Richard Curran LK Shields has announced the appointment of Richard Curran as head of the firm's corporate and commercial department.

Pictured (l-r): Aine McGillie, John Tougher and Sara McGaughey Commercial law firm Mills Selig has announced the appointment of solicitors Aine McGillie, John Tougher and Sara McGaughey.

Dr Julian Lewis A parliamentary debate on introducing a statute of limitations to protect soldiers and other security personnel from prosecution for wrongdoing during the Troubles in Northern Ireland has provoked a backlash from human rights organisations.

A legal challenge to the Police Ombudsman's report on collusion in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre will be reheard before a new judge. Mr Justice McCloskey was due to make a ruling on remedy and costs today following his finding last year that the Ombudsman's 2016 report was unlawful and procedurall

Claire Edgar of Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors will today address the Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid annual conference. This year's conference is focused on domestic abuse and will celebrate the organisation's work over the last year as well as outlining its plans and ambitions for the year ahea

O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors yesterday welcomed over 140 people to a breakfast seminar on the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), hosted in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson.

The Independent Commission on the Location of Victims' Remains yesterday updated the Oireachtas committee on the Good Friday Agreement on its work. Commissioners Frank Murray and Sir Kenneth Bloomfield and senior investigator Geoff Knupfer appeared before the committee to outline progress in recover

Ibrahim Halawa and Darragh Mackin Freed prisoner Ibrahim Halawa and his solicitor, Darragh Mackin of KRW Law, stressed the importance of human rights at an event at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) this week.